'Friday of anger' in Egypt: 64 killed as tens of thousands defy the state of emergency

11:35 PM,
Aug. 16, 2013

Written by

Sarah Lynch
| Special for USA Today

Clashes between security forces and protesters killed at least another 64 people Friday as tens of thousands of supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood took to streets in defiance of a military-imposed state of emergency.

Nearly 700 people have now been killed in clashes this week. An eerie calm swept over the city after a curfew set in at 7 p.m., local time. It's an hour that typically sees the city bustling with movement. But after another day of violence, the streets were so calm that one could hear the rustling leaves of trees.

Near the site of one set of clashes that erupted earlier in the day, ...